RAMALLAH, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestine on Thursday declared that 12 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the West Bank, bringing the total number of infections to 625.
Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that 11 of the new cases were found in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilya after a poultry vendor was diagnosed with the deadly virus, and the rest one in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
Medical staff has been working to identify and test those who were in contact with the infected people and move them to quarantine.
Governor of Qalqilya Rafeh Rawajbeh has declared movement restrictions on three villages in the district, where the cases were found, in order to prevent the virus' spread. Enditem
